English Language Paper 1

a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea/

An action, state or occurance

A word that describes a noun

A word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective or verb, expressing manner, space, time or degree

A word that takes the place of a noun

verb A verb that shows continued or progressive action on the part of a subject. They occur over a span of time.

Verbs that express a state rather than an action. They usually relate to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses etc.

Nouns you can physically see and touch.

Words that name things you cannot physically see or touch.

A sentence type used to express surprise about something unexpected or extraordinary.

An interrogative sentence is a sentence whose grammatical form shows that it is a question.

Imperative sentences are used to issue a command or instruction, make a request, or offer advice.

A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a full stop. It's named appropriately because it declares or states something.

A rhetorical device, literary technique, or event which appears, on the surface to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case.

The occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants.

Sibilance is a more specific type of alliteration that relies on the repetition of soft consonant sounds in words to create a hissing sound in the writing.

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

The recurrence of similar-sounding consonants in close proximity.

Denoting a consonant that is produced by stopping the airflow using the lips, teeth, or palate, followed by a sudden release of air.

A word or utterance consisting of one syllable.

Imagery pertaining to graphics, visual scenes, pictures of the sense of sight.

Imagery pertaining to sounds, noises, music, or the sense of hearing.

Imagery pertaining to odours, scents, or the sense of smell

Imagery related to the sense of taste.

Imagery pertaining to physical textures or the sense of touch.

A technique adopted by writers to present ideas, characters, or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one sense, like hearing, sight, smell and touch at a given time.

Leading character or major character

Opposing force to the protagonist usually brings conflict.

A character who contrasts another.

Comparison of one thing with another thing using the words 'like' or as.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.